The Daily Bruin

Valley Repertory Theatre, a local nonprofit theatre company, will kick off its fourth season of live theatre with the production The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. The play opens Oct. 10, and all performances will be at the Newberg Masonic Lodge, 402 E. Sheridan St., in Newberg.

In recognition of the Civil War’s 150th anniversary, Valley Rep is hosting a special lecture and performance on Friday, Oct. 17, when Kerry Irish, professor of American history at George Fox, will introduce the play with a special historical presentation at 7:30 p.m., with the performance immediately following. There is no additional charge for this pre-show event.

The show runs for three weekends. Evening (7:30 p.m.) performance dates are Oct. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25. Matinee (2 p.m.) performance dates are Oct. 12, 19 and 26. Doors open at 7:10 p.m. and 1:40 p.m., respectively.

The Sunday matinee performances on Oct. 12 and 19 are “Pay What You Will.” More information can be found at valleyrep.org.

The IDEA Center is working with students on a Career Map, and one of the key elements is creating a LinkedIn profile so to build a network of connections. One of the best places for students to build a network is through parents, faculty and staff.

The IDEA Center is offering an online webinar tonight (Tuesday) to help you set up a profile and build a network. Below is information on how to join us for the event, scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

1. Join the meeting at 6:30 p.m. by going to this link.
2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone (long distance): 1-872-240-3312. Access Code: 400-510-189. Audio PIN: Shown after joining the session. Meeting ID: 400-510-189

Please let us know if you have any questions! Call 503-554-2330

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a club on campus that seeks to promote justice for the oppressed. We will meet today (Tuesday) from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the International/Cultural House (the house with the red door across from Stevens).

Come join us as we get to know one another and discuss these issues. Tea and snacks will be provided, so please bring a mug if you have one!

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Berger at eberger12@georgefox.edu.

Christian Piatt will share at Shalom tonight (Tuesday) at 9 p.m. in the Cap & Gown Room. Chapel elective credit is available. Piatt is an author, editor, speaker, musician and spoken word artist.

On Wednesday, Sept. 24, chapel will be in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m., when University Pastor Jamie Noling-Auth will continue our “Unfolding Life” series through the book of Matthew. She will preach on Matthew 6. Chapel credit is available.

For more information, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu. If you have any questions regarding chapel, please email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.

Come to “the Bon” for dinner tonight (Tuesday) between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. as we celebrate our annual Eat Local Challenge Day. Our chefs will be preparing an expo menu item during dinner that is sourced entirely from within 150 miles of campus.

This year, in honor of our “Farm to Fork” program’s 15th anniversary, Bon Appetit is giving back to the partners who have helped to make us who we are, this time to “Fork to Farm.” Our company is awarding 10 $5,000 grants, two in each geographic region, that our vendors can use to grow their business.

In addition to enjoying a delicious locally sourced meal, you can help choose the winners by visiting our information table and voting on your favorite of the finalist’s proposed projects. Winners will be announced on Sept. 29. You can read all about the fork to farm grant finalists here.

Want to earn a chapel credit while watching a movie?! The Students for Life Club is hosting a movie night tonight (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. in EHS 102. We will be showing the film October Baby. Come join us for a movie and discussion.

Also, if you are interested in getting involved in the club or becoming a club officer, there will be a recruitment meeting at 7:30 p.m., a half hour before the movie starts. Don’t miss out!

Community members, staff and students are all welcome! Check us out on Facebook or email StudentsForLifeGFU@gmail.com if you have questions or want to learn more about us.

Are you interested in helping with an Excercise Science experiment? The experiment will test knee angles during landing with a hope of improving knee health in high-risk, active female populations.

The experiment will need a group of approximately 30 women. Participants must have at least 3 months experience exercising and experience no pain during jumping, running, and squatting. Participants will be conducting 2-3 workouts per week over an 8 week period.

If you are interested, please email Tyler Whited at twhited12@georgefox.edu.

Join in this George Fox University tradition of Homecoming Court Coronation dating more than 60 years! Stop by our table in the Bruin Den today, Monday, Sept. 22, from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. to nominate one guy and one girl from each class to be prince and princess.

Voting for court will take place online starting Wednesday, Sept. 24 through Friday, Sept. 26.

The senior king and queen will be announced, along with the rest of the court, at the Homecoming Coronation Dessert Reception. The reception will be Monday, Oct. 13, in the Stevens Center Atrium at 7 p.m. So mark your calendars!

Questions? Please contact Ruthanne Condie at rcondie10@georgefox.edu.

The university’s Creation Care Committee invites you to join us for a community celebration of the autumn equinox this Thursday, Sept. 25. Work putting the garden to bed will begin at 4:30 p.m. and a potluck dinner will follow at 5:30 p.m. The garden is located on a plot of land behind Coffin Residence Hall.

Bring some work gloves, a dish to share with the group, and ideas you have for what you’d like to see from the Creation Care Committee this year!

Questions? Contact Hannah Kunde at hmkunde56@gmail.com.

Join us tonight (Monday) as Mark A. Noll, PhD, the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, presents the lecture “The Challenges for Christian Learning: Looking Back, Looking Ahead” at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Noll is the author of numerous books, including The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind and The Civil War as a Theological Crisis.

The lecture is sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program. A reception immediately following the lecture will be held for those interested in learning more about the honors program. Please contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 23-24, the International Club will host a booth in the Bruin Den from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise funds for a Kenyan Sunday School/missions organization. There will be handmade headbands, bracelets, earrings, purses, handbags and dresses you can purchase or order.

All proceeds will go to support K-12 Kenyan children who are in need of school supplies and various education needs. For more information on this fundraiser, please contact fkamau14@georgefox.edu or visit mohiafrica.org.

We are beginning our weekly Chinese lab on Tuesdays! For those of you who are interested in learning the culture and the language without a huge amount of commitment, this is it.

We will be starting tomorrow (Tuesday) and meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the International House. You are welcome to stop by any time. There will be snacks, friends and fun! Employees are welcome as well.

Join us tonight (Monday) for our “Islam and the West” Liberal Arts and Critical Issues series in Hoover 105.

The session runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and features Mariam Ali, from the Islamic Center of Portland, and Nathan Lewis, pastor at Evergreen Presbyterian Church. They will discuss “The Islamic and Christian Views of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.”

The same session is presented from 5 to 6 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Do you speak French? Are you learning French? Do you love French culture? If you answered “oui” to any of these questions, then join the French Club! We will be meeting Wed. September 24, 2014, at 8:15 p.m. in the Minthorne Basement. This is our first meeting of the year, so we will be appointing officers and discussing our vision for the year.

Questions? Please contact Casey Hastings at chstings13@georgefox.edu.

Join us next Friday, Sept. 26, when Michael Ward, PhD, professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University and director of the C.S. Lewis Centre in Oxford, England, presents the lecture, “The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God: C.S. Lewis, Narnia and the Planets,” at 7:30 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. There is no charge to attend.

Ward is a leading expert on the works of C.S. Lewis and the author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis. He is senior research fellow at Blackfriars Hall in the University of Oxford and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis. He presented the BBC television documentary, The Narnia Code (2009). As an Anglican clergyman, he served as chaplain of St Peter’s College at the University of Oxford from 2009 to 2012 and as chaplain of Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge from 2004 to 2007.

The lecture is sponsored by the William Penn Honors Program. A reception immediately following the lecture will be held for those interested in learning more about the honors program.

Please contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu if you have any questions.

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Hybrid Learning Specialist
• Data Entry Specialist (two temporary openings)
• Systems or Network Administrator
• Accounts Payable Supervisor

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Show off your moonwalk and electric slide at the Back to the Future ’80s Dance in the EHS Atrium tonight (Friday) from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.!

Wear your neon clothes and post pictures to Instagram with #GFU80s to be entered in a competition for a customized pack of Jones sodas with the winning picture on each bottle!

The first 100 in line for the dance, along with the first 50 at the volleyball game at 7 p.m., will receive a free tank top!

Questions? Contact Moriah Kimmer at mkimmer11@georgefox.edu.

The first Fox & Friends event of the year is Thursday, Sept. 25. We will meet in the Bruin Den at 6:10 p.m. and the event will last until 8 p.m. Fox & Friends consists of monthly parties at Friendsview Retirement Center. This month we are “speed-friending,” and the goal is to encourage friendships with the elderly community at Friendsview.

Come and enjoy a night of silly questions, Italian sodas, and free food, as well as the company of elders in our community!

Questions? Please contact Rebekah Harding at rharding12@georefox.edu.

Join in this George Fox University tradition of Homecoming Court Coronation dating more than 60 years! Stop by our table in the Bruin Den today, Sept.19, and Monday, Sept. 22, from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. to nominate one guy and one girl from each class to be prince and princess.

Voting for court will take place online starting Wednesday, Sept. 24, through Friday, Sept. 26.

The senior king and queen will be announced, along with the rest of the court, at the Homecoming Coronation Dessert Reception. The reception will be Monday, Oct. 13, in the Stevens Center Atrium at 7 p.m. So mark your calendars!

Questions? Please contact Ruthanne Condie at rcondie10@georgefox.edu.

Don’t forget to join us for Spanish Chapel today (Friday) from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in Ross 208 (note new location) for a time of worship and message presented by guest speaker Mauricio Rivas, the pastor of Hispanic Ministries at Village Baptist Church. The service is in Spanish for George Fox Spanish speakers and Spanish language learners, but all are welcome to this time of worship and reflection.

Direct any questions to the student Spanish Chapel coordinator at klowen11@georgefox.edu.